The DOE E3SM v1.2 Cryosphere Configuration: Description and Simulated Antarctic Ice-Shelf Basal Melting

• Published in: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
• Main Authors: Comeau, Darin, Asay‐Davis, Xylar S., Begeman, Carolyn Branecky, Hoffman, Matthew J., Lin, Wuyin, Petersen, Mark R., Price, Stephen F., Roberts, Andrew F., Van Roekel, Luke P., Veneziani, Milena, Wolfe, Jonathan D., Fyke, Jeremy G., Ringler, Todd D., Turner, Adrian K.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1842793; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1842793; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ms002468

The processes responsible for freshwater flux from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) - ice-shelf basal melting and iceberg calving - are generally poorly represented in current Earth System Models (ESMs). Here we document the cryosphere configuration of the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Exasca...